Bamberger v. Schoolfield
Citations
- 160 U.S. 149
- 16 S. Ct. 225
- 40 L. Ed. 374
- 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2352
Syllabus
<p>It was not the province of the court to instruct the jury in this case to render a verdict in the plaintiffs’ favor, and had it done so it would have, usurped the province of the jury, by determining the proper inference to be drawn from the evidence, and by deciding on which side lay the preponderance of proof;</p> <p>As the controversy below in this case was what is known in the jurisprudence of Alabama as a statutory claim suit, growing out of attachment proceedings, the law of Alabama, as interpreted by the Supreme Court of that State in its rulings, will be followed here.</p>
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